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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by WalterBright on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:06PM (#29797832)
Her story arc is much like Bernie Madoff's. He, too, only really hurt wealthy investors. But did anyone feel bad for him?
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by roelschroeven on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:25PM (#29799900)
Only hurt wealthy investors? What about people who received incorrect testing results, like the woman who was given a false-positive HIV result and the woman who was incorrectly told that she was miscarrying?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/theranos-results... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/theranos-gave-wo...

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by WalterBright on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @06:21PM (#29802380)
They certainly got a scare, but it's hard to see that they were harmed.

Generally, when one gets a scary result from a test, another test is done to confirm.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by CheezeIt on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:16AM (#29805787)
The false negatives would have been a better example.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by WalterBright on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:28AM (#29805854)
True. But when I've gotten negative test results, I'm well aware that they aren't a guarantee of anything.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty by MomoXenosaga on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @08:26AM (#29808596)
I felt bad for his family.
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